Man armed with knife barricades in laundry room, Chicago IL
WeaponsPolice responded to a man armed with a knife who barricaded himself inside a laundry room near South Drexel Avenue in Chicago. Officers surrounded the building and attempted negotiation. The man also held a fire extinguisher, creating a threat to officers and nearby people.
Audio|Source: Chicago Police Department Zone 08
04:24
Transcript:
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634 information the offender's armed with the knife.
00:03
Offender on with the knife guys.
00:05
Use caution he's on with the knife.
00:09
610 Adam, shall we go over there?
00:12
610 Adam 10, 10.4.
00:14
Do I got somebody going to the back?
00:16
6.4. We're in there here, Nat.
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This offender.
00:19
We're going to the back.
00:22
Tell you out of squad, I'm getting it that way, too.
00:26
Ten-four? Two hours in the back right now.
00:28
Two times.
00:30
He's going to go.
00:32
Try me to see the gangway it looks like.
00:36
Possibly in the gangway?
00:40
We have eyes on him.
00:42
He's trying to get out the back or the front, but they're both locks, and he's armed with a knife.
00:46
What does he have on?
00:49
Black shirt, blue jeans,
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here's locks.
00:57
Black t-shirt, blue jeans, locks.
01:01
Black sweatshirt, new balance shoes.
01:06
Black sweatshirt, new balance shoes.
01:11
Both your address.
01:14
8.311. Pardon, we're trying to go through there.
01:18
Slow it down.
01:19
We got calls on. We're trying to end up.
01:21
All right,
01:22
I'm going to slow down.
01:24
Near South Drexel.
01:25
Slow it down.
01:29
663, Adam. We're in the rear, and we got eyes on them.
01:31
We're talking to him right now.
01:35
663 Adam is in the rear with eyes on.
01:37
They're talking to him.
01:39
6663 item is going down again 663 item is given a slowdown if you're not on scene slow it down
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435 435 stand back 637 stand back 637 through 638 on the mouth
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6.73, 1157.
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On the clock. And 435, you landed, 1157.
02:11
Hey, excuse me, Scott.
02:13
6.20?
02:16
Go ahead.
02:17
Anybody make it in the apartment so they can come through and open up some gates in the back here?
02:23
Anybody isn't inside the apartment?
02:27
He's in a hallway for the apartment now.
02:31
He's in the hallway.
02:38
He's in the laundry room.
02:39
He's locked the door.
02:43
He's in the laundry room.
02:45
He locked the door.
02:46
He locked the door.
02:53
610. All right, so he locked himself in the laundry room.
02:58
I got some guys out there.
02:59
We're going to go out there.
03:00
There's a back door to his laundry room.
03:06
All right, he locked himself in the laundry room.
03:09
Is there a back door to the laundry room?
03:12
Yeah, it leaves it some hallway.
03:14
We're going to go through her apartment and try to get down through there.
03:16
All right.
03:21
The laundry room is on the first floor, correct? Where it's the basement?
03:27
Yeah, it's a little lower than the first floor.
03:30
We're going to see what it looks like from her apartment.
03:33
Good one.
03:35
6 to 1.
03:37
He's got a fire extinguisher in his hand, so everybody knows.
03:42
He got a fire extinguisher in his hand.
03:47
Signoring Eddie.
03:48
If anybody got a shield, you need a shield.
03:50
He's standing right by the door.
03:55
He's standing right by the door.
03:57
Anybody with a shield? Anybody with a shield?
04:03
6.23.
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623.
04:07
If they need a shield, I can grab one and take it over there.
04:11
Appreciate it, yes, please.
04:14
Where do you ask,
04:16
Gwen? 8-3-1-12 drive-up.
04:20
6-34. 634.
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634. 634.
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Near S Drexel Ave, Chicago, IL 60619
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